Geez3r

But really, so long as we don't let this: or this happen, I think we're golden.

It's crunch time, so my appearance on the boards will be a bit spotty, but I'm not active in any threads right now, so no one will really notice.

Alrighty, update for Malice. I'll spend all 4 points to buy another rank in device to get the following: Immunity 5 (Entrapment effects) Flaws: Limited - Half Effect {3} Enhanced Will save 2 {2} :arrow: After being throughly dominated by mental based effects and snares/bands in Power Check, Malice has become scared that it could happen in real life. The Immunity is him using his External Armor to wriggle out of the bonds, or at least loosen them. Enhanced Will Save is essentially a high tech version of a tin foil hat, but it works a bit better, and looks less silly. Done by Sandman XI

Yeppers. Closing time.

Yep, we're done.

It's hard to make a completely optomized build here, all of your opponents are constantly getting stronger and adapting too. Most characters are however specialized. Malice has DAKKA, Scarab has insane menal prowess, Doc. A has technogiggery out to wazzo, Avenger has - wait, where did he go?, Captain Knievel has the market in insane thrill seeking, and so on. But I don't think we've seen a wire fu martial artist. So best of luck on your pending approval and I look forward to when our characters beat the ever loving snot out of each other :twisted:

For you and ecal it pretty much has. But me, maze and quote were having a chat on a rooftop and sudenly, no one posted anymore. So wanted to see if there was any interest in giving it a formal ending.

Umm, echo?

Or be burned at the stake by mid-day. I'm interested, but I unfortunately don't have a character that fills both the PL 10 and Hero requirement, shame. But I'm content to lurk from the side lines.

That could have gone better Tonight was an interesting night. Not interesting in the way that something caught your attention, like the Mythbusters blasting a steel plate at a car at Mach 1. No this was the interesting that you got from that festering wound on your foot, and you have no idea how it got there. If you've been reading these logs then you'll know that this can mean only one thing, I've had another run in with the Captain. I had recieved a call from the Captain requesting my assistance, again. This time however, it wasn't to drag his butt out of the fire. He wanted me to look over his Adrenaline Cannon to see if I could make any improvements to it. Against my better judgement, I followed by curiosity rather than my common sense. So in short order, I made a metric ton of upgrades to the Cannon, whoever made it was an idiot. So then to test out some of the recent upgrades to the armor, and the new Cannon, me and the Captain had a little bit of a fight. We traded blows for a few moments, me obviously having the edge, but then the Captain struck me with a laser whip I had just made for him on the neck, and the external armor shattered. The results were less than enjoyable. So now I've got to get everything back in working order and make sure this doesn't happen again. In addition, the Captain gave me something else to consider. He informed me of a few tidbits about the inner workings of Dr. Archeville's mind. He's apparently very one track minded, and if he builds up a head of steam, can become flustered if he needs to rapidly chage topics. Hopefully I will never have to use this information, but I'm glad I have it if I do.

The Bunker - Supply and Demand If this floor was on a Navy ship, it would be known as a magazine. For those that don't know you're nautical terms, a magazine is where all the boom stick is stored. For safety purposes, the fire prevention system is most prevalent here. This floor probably contains enough ammunition and weaponry to equip all of the police in Freedom City, maybe not for too long, but it could be done. Disturbingly, all of the ammunition is labeled. Not by what it is, but who it is to be used against. The largest deposit in the room is labeled as "The Freedom League". The second largest is labeled "The Captain". Third is Fredrick Fawcett, though that stock pile looks like it hasn't be used in a good long while. This is of course not taking into the account of the ammunition labeled "To whom it may concern". Also of note, is a condensed version of the power listings of the super powered beings a few floors above. Next to this listing is a very odd looking machine, that bears a lot of resemblance to an Iron Maiden. Those that are technologically inclined will notice that this device likely loads the ammunition into the Mantle of Freedom before Malice sets out. Directly opposite of the speed loader is the 2nd exit to the bunker. The door is practically of identical make to the door above. However, this door leads into the sewer system underneath Riverside. There is also a small station just outside of the door that sprays water and foam suds at those that enter the code correctly to enter the facility; a thankful feature given the location of the door. The door is concealed by a false wall in the sewer, which can be pushed aside to reveal this tunnel.

The Bunker - Application Depending on who you ask, this is either the best or the worst floor in the bunker. This floor holds the combat simulator, and this baby has seen some use. This thing looks like it is about to fall down. There are scorch marks and craters everywhere, not to mention all the bullet holes. There are also bits of broken droids scattered everywhere. Malice doesn't like having to constantly repair everything, only to redamage it again a little while longer. So he lets everything get all good and broken before going to town and fixing everything. It also makes the fixing process more interesting when everything is so badly damaged. The simulator itself is actually quite basic. Reinforced steel and concrete coat all the walls, floors and ceilings. The room itself a hexagon, running about 30ft on each side, the ceiling is 30ft high as well. Recessed halogen lights are scattered about every 20 ft or so on the walls and ceiling, under about 4 inches of bullet proof glass. Two or three of the lights are currently broken. A careful observer also notices that the panels on the floor can move. This most likely is how the system is done to make a more realistic close quarters environment. This explains why seemingly random bits of the floor are more heavily damaged than others. There are also "stage weapons" like machine guns, giant saw blades, bazooka's and flame throwers scattered about. All of the features for the simulator are controlled from the observation deck, or the Arms of Malice. The elevator dumps you onto the observation deck, not into the middle of the simulator. That would be bad.

The Bunker - Development This is the real meat and potatoes of the operation. This is where the Mantle of Freedom is stored and worked on. The entire floor is covered in wall to wall metal. Tools of every type shape and make are everywhere. It looks like the untidiest mechanical mess you could ever think of. However, once you take it all in and start noticing the details, you feel as though you are looking into the mind of a deeply disturbed individual. By the standard rules and conventions, nothing in the room is as it should be. But when you start following the rules as laid down by Malice, it all makes perfect sense. The blowtorch being next to the hammer makes sense, as well as the rubber mallet being on the complete opposite side of the room from the rest of the hammers. There are probably dozens of uncompleted upgrades to the armor scattered everywhere in the room, some even used to prop up a desk to two. If he cobbled together the rest of the pieces in the room, he could probably make a second suit of armor. It might blow up after about 5 minutes of use, but it'll hold together for most of the time. If his workshop looks like this all the time (which it does) it should be classified that it's a miracle that Eric has yet to kill himself accidentally.

The Bunker - Research Although the bunker isn't much for living in, this area is the closest thing to the living area. This is where Malice tends to be when he isn't actively building something or testing it out. On this level the "brains behind the operation" comes together. There are 4 main features of this floor: the power system, the controls for the security system and the mainframe. The bunker's power is supplied entirely by itself, and even powers a little bit of Malice's own house, though not very much so as to not appear to be suspicious. The bunker is powered by a "Blue Light Matrix" which is the same type of power source that powers the Mantle of Freedom. It is so titled because it emits a soft blue light whenever it is in use. The power is generated from a chemical reaction between lithium and radium, along with several other elements to allow the reaction to occur with maximum efficiency. Essentially it is a giant battery. The security system is on a console adjacent to the elevator exit/ entrance. The system is turned off or on with a simple key lock mechanism. The various features of the system each just a simple on/off switch. There appears to be a few switches that don't actually do anything, a quick examination will show that the panel is currently under construction. Currently, all of the systems are defaulted as on, and Eric carries the key on his person. Thirdly, taking up a respectable section of the room is the mainframe. Anyone slightly versed in computer knowledge know that this is definitely a super computer. The mainframe contains most of Malice's most important files. It contains all of the following and potentially even more: Blueprints for the bunker Blueprints for the Mantle of Freedom Upgrades for the Mantle of Freedom Details on Known meta humans Weapon Trafficking records (all to himself) Finally, covering the walls are tons of photos that will pretty much remove all doubt that Malice is a danger to society. Plastered all over the walls are photos of pretty much all of the known super powered beings in Freedom. Notes are scribbled next to them which include their general habits and known powers. There is also information about their usual hang outs, and potential secret identities. Most of the information is false, and a psychiatrist could write a dozen books about all of Malice's whacked out theories. In addition, there is a space dedicated solely by a blown up picture of a family photo of Eric, his mom and his dad, with the words "I will never forget" etched in the wall next to it.

The Bunker - Entrance As far as Malice knows, only he and Legend are the only ones wh know about his under ground base, and he would greatly prefer if it were only him. His bunker is his true home away from home (more in a metaphorical sense of course at it is literally down stairs). As mentoined previously, the entrance to the bunker in concealed behind the water boiler in Eric Micheal's basement. There is actually no wall in a certain part of wall, it is a hologram. Walking through the hologram will place you immediately on a set of steeply decending stone steps, often with painful results for those who are expecting a level floor. At the end of the landing there lies a very large and sturdy looking blast door. On the right side of the blast door is an electronic keypad, where the buttons for the keys are glowing a faint red, which is also the only source of light in this small hallway, so to not give away its location. The password for the door is "333284433777". Malice has yet to install weapon systems on the off chance that someone happened by the door by complete and utter accident. Eric had planned to say that it was for some high level government hush hush stuff that he couldn't talk about. But Legend's visit is making him seriously reconsider that choice. Should the password be entered properly, the blast doors will give way to a single room about the size of a phone booth, an elevator. The floors are marked as follows: "Home" "Research" "Development" "Application" "Supply and Demand"

The Basement Being a man of wealth and hobbies, Eric had his basement furnished almost as soon as he moved in. He did love his house and the people around him, but there were times that Eric just needed to be Eric. It was also a great place to entertain guests. The basement was split into two main parts, the party side and the serious side. The party side was under the Kitchen and Dining Room, the serious side was under the Living room and Masted Bedroom. Most people only saw the party side because the serious side often had the doors closed. The party side had a billards tabled, a bar, a vintage juice box filled to the brim with ZZ Top, 3 big poofy couches and recliners and a 60 inch wide screen plasma TV splashed on the wall, with of course a top of the line stereo system to go with it. The serious side on the other hand had all of the practical basement stuff. Washer, dryer and water heater. In addition, Eric also had a small office space for any sort of work he needed to bring home. Most of the space however was dedicated to a state of the art workshop. Most people couldn't tell you what half of the tools were called, let alone what they were used for. This is where Eric worked on any projects he had from Darts, and also built things in his spare time. Or at least he used to. But just as Eric needed time to be Eric, Malice needed time to be Malice. There was a false wall behind the water boiler which lead down into the bunker. Eric put it there so as to limit the chance of someone happening by.

"Try not to get yourself killed, and do try and keep the Cannon in once piece for at least a while, ok? Also, don't go out of your way to hunt down Dr. Archeville. He's a great scientist, and I respect him deeply, he's just a little misguided. That and he's probably got booby traps laid all over the place at any place he frequents. Until next time." After their good byes were said and the Captain had left, Malice set down to do the repairs. The External armor probably needed more testing before it was implemented more often, it was the latest addition to the armor and had the most kinks in the system. Still it did show promise. Malice hadn't lied to the Captain, the repairs were pretty much straight forward. The armor had come apart at the joints, so it was just a matter of putting humpty dumpty back together again. A little more than an hour later, Malice was satisfied with the repairs and headed home, doing his best to ignore any explosions in the distance.

Malice kept busy trying to gather bits of his armor back together, while listening to the Captain relate details about Dr. Archeville. He had to find whatever sort of abnormality had caused such damage to the suit, because he couldn't have just lost a fight to the Captain. Heavens no. There must assuredly have been some sort of extenuating circumstances behind it. Yes that had to be it. Obviously. Now he only had to find out what it was so that he could erase it from all of space and time now and forever so that this day will never be revistited ever again. *cough* Malice set some of the shattered pieces on the workbench while he responded to the Captain. "Alright so the good doctor is exceedingly one track minded you say? That is curious. They say that the line between genius and insanity is blurred, and Dr. Archeville fits that mold to a T. Many of the super brilliant men in history have had their own types of oddities and quirks. I suspect that Dr. Archeville's mind works too fast for his mouth to keep up. When you started talking about sports his mind instinctually started bringing up any sort of sports related knowledge he had stowed away during his life time. For someone of his intellect, it's not surprising that he has ammased a large amount of information in any subject, no matter how obscure. So when the time came to switch subjects, his mind needed to do something with all of that now unnecessary information, leading to a temporary pause before it could put on a head of steam. Thank you for that information, but I have long suspected that Dr. Archeville possessed some sort of oddity. Almost as if there were warring factions in his mind. Seeing proof and accounts of this quirk will help immensely. Now as for this..." Malice reached up to his neck and pulled out a piece of the armor on his neck, which looks like it was intentionally ejected. There's a bruise already forming on his neck, but doesn't look very big. "It's nothing more what an ice pack and a blow torch can't fix. It looks like to hit the armor in just the right spot. Even diamonds, the hardest substance on earth, can shatter if you hit them right."

Not necessarily. When you grapple someone there are 3 choices you have: Damage Throw Pin But yeah, calling the fight here would be a good idea, for completely unbiased reasons of course.

The Captain's attack stuck solidly on Malice's neck. The armor cushioned the impact, but the force of the attack actually caused the external armor to break off and shatter with a large explosion and hissing as smoke billowed from the damaged portion of the suit. This was a less than enjoyable experience. Not only that, but the forceful removal of the external armor also managed to leave a large dent in Malice's armor at the neck, which made breathing particularly fun, it damaged the power circuits and cut one of the hydrolic lines. So Malice had a heavy bruise on his neck, had difficulty moving his left side, couldn't breath properly, his power regulators were all out of wack, was missing a chunk of his armor, and now the very laser lasso he had just made was coiling around him. In short, everything went wrong for Malice, all at once.

Let's go with no FYI, Power Attacking also reduces your attack modifier by an equivalent amount, which in turn lowers your grapple modifier. It doesn't matter at this point because I'm currently using 2nd Amendment, so my grapple mod is only a +8. Furthermore, what type of grapple are you attempting? My action will depend on the answer. EDIT: Nevermind, that attack staggered me.

"That's the thanks I get? I didn't have to come down here to make you a toy you know! Besdies, it hasn't blown up yet has it?" Malice uses the time honored tradition of spray and pray to vent some of his frustrations. Unfortunately the Captain is far too agile to be hit by such an attack."Quit moving around so much and take it like a man!"

"What part of 'I'm wearing armor' don't you get? Now hold still." Malice threw a haymaker that would probably have left more than a mark, but it wiffs right past the evasive Captain. But Malice plants his foot, and gets his momentum going the opposite way, landing a thundering hit on the back swing. "Good night gracy."

Spent last VP on Ultimate Toughness I gather? Good.

OK. I got good news and bad news. That Indirect 3 on the Liberation Cannon makes it so the attack can originate from anywhere in relation to me, so I could be looking at the Captain dead on and the missles will hit him in the back of the head. The Bad news: You're flat footed against the attack (you don't have uncanny dodge), and so you drop to FF defense (technically at a -2 as well but I forgot to add that in) and you lose your dodge bonus to DEF, which is what Defensive attack gives you. The Good news: That trick usually only works once, because now you know to keep an eye on those missles. And you've already burned through 2 VP.